Travel UK Foreign Office travel advice: Warning of 'new terrorism risk' in Slovakia with holidaymakers urged to 'be aware' of 'indiscriminate attacks' By Isabella Boneham Published 18th Jul 2024, 07:28 BST Updated 18th Jul 2024, 07:29 BST Comment Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276 Visit Shots! now The Foreign Office has issued a new travel warning for European country Slovakia due to a “new terrorism risk”. Bratislava in Slovakia is a popular destination for a weekend city break, and the country also boasts the Banská Štiavnica, a UNESCO-protected medieval mining town. The country is popular with UK holidaymakers for a European city break, however, tourists heading to the destination have now been warned by the Foreign Office due to a “new terrorism risk”.
The Foreign Office updated its advice on Tuesday (17 July). It wrote that terrorists are “likely” to “carry out attacks in Slovakia” and “attacks could be indiscriminate, including in places frequented by foreign nationals”. It adds: “An attack on a bar popular with the LGBT+ community in the capital Bratislava on 12 October 2022 which resulted in 2 deaths was classified as a terrorist act.
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